Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Thursday, March 2, 2006 · BankAtlantic Center

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1–0

Final

SOG 27–24

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 1-0 on Thursday, March 2, 2006 at BankAtlantic Center. The Canadiens outshot the Panthers 27-24.

Goals came from Alex Kovalev.

Cristobal Huet made 24 saves on 24 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 26 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	0	1	1	27
FLA	0	0	0	0	24

Scoring

3rd period

Alex Kovalev (15)Chris Higgins (10), Saku Koivu (29)1–014:11 MTL

Team stats

MTLFLA

27Shots on goal24

51%Faceoff %49%

0/6Power play0/7

16Penalty minutes14

10Hits9

15Blocked shots11

10Giveaways19

5Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 02:55Mikhail Yakubov · hooking2 min
1st 05:30Mike Komisarek · hooking2 min
1st 09:16Richard Zednik · holding2 min
1st 11:25Jay Bouwmeester · hooking2 min
1st 12:07Sean Hill · hooking2 min
1st 17:10Tomas Plekanec · holding the stick2 min
1st 19:14Steve Begin · hooking2 min
2nd 05:56Rostislav Olesz · holding2 min
2nd 09:09Chris Gratton · roughing2 min
2nd 09:09Sheldon Souray · roughing2 min
2nd 10:09Sean Hill · hooking2 min
2nd 13:46Craig Rivet · interference2 min
3rd 04:12Mike Komisarek · tripping2 min
3rd 07:01Mathieu Dandenault · hooking2 min
3rd 17:04Nathan Horton · hooking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	64	17:08
21Chris HigginsL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	16:26
27Alex KovalevR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	15:41
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40	13:10
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	–	13:53
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	67	12:23
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	–	14:15
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	67	16:49
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	13:30
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	12:25
47Aaron DowneyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	03:40
71Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	14:33
73Michael RyderR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:52
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	–	15:59
44Sheldon SourayD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	2	–	23:08
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	–	21:30
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	–	24:27
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	21:46

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Cristobal HuetG	W	24	24	0	1.000	60:00
75Yann DanisG		0	0	0	–	–

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

11Jon SimL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:50
12Olli JokinenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	24:58
13Juraj KolnikR	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	–	14:57
15Jozef StumpelL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	45	21:58
16Nathan HortonR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	19:18
23Martin GelinasL	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	18:21
25Joe NieuwendykC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	17:07
42Mikhail YakubovC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	20	04:05
43Serge PayerC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	60	06:44
44Gregory CampbellC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	04:18
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	86	17:48
85Rostislav OleszL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	15:01
2Lukas KrajicekD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:59
4Jay BouwmeesterD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	–	24:14
7Steve MontadorD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	10:50
20Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:19
22Sean HillD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	4	–	16:05
26Mike Van RynD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	22:59

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Roberto LuongoG	L	27	26	1	.963	59:18
29Jamie McLennanG		0	0	0	–	–